Washingtonians

[Chicken Rustler]

Welcome to any new peeps. Feel free to join right in.

Also please don't judge this thread by what you may have read here over the last couple of days. We don't normally have that much attitude going on here.

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: I think most of us have spouses and friends that are worried about some sort of mid life crisis or just plain craziness for that matter!

Welcome to the club!

 

[Flaming Chicken]

I read the same article and jumped in on the discussion too. I am a sucker for any kind of chicken. The article talked about the Favaucanas and they sounded really nice. But it made me read more about the Favorolles and they might just be my next breed. More coops, need more coops.

Carol

And this is what I suspected. I'm sorry CF, because I was the first one to mention the Favaucanas. I was dazzled by the article and photos of pretty chickens. And right away I jumped to the idea that if someone were to "breed" the Favaucanas, that your Faverolles are by far the prettiest.

Which led to the next immediate thought and brought up my question about how someone would feel if they have worked hard to "better" a breed, not only for looks but for utility and for good health only to have someone use a fine specimen to breed a "mutt".

Here, I will also relate that some of my best dogs have been mutts - I loved them as much as my purebred dogs but my purebred dogs came from breeders who worked very very hard and spend a great deal of money to better the breed, have all necessary testing done, go to innumerable dog shows, spend thousands of hours training and many of their dogs ARE being used for the purposes for which they were originally bred (gundogs, retrieving) or are spending their time in agility, flyball, or as therapy dogs. These same folks are also involved in rescue and volunteering.

I currently own a mutt and a purebred dog that was carefully chosen by a reputable breeder, but also volunteer at my local shelter and spend weeks of time and my own money to foster for the shelter so that those animals will find their forever home. (I just picked up a couple of fosters again on Friday.)

So I apologize to everyone for opening up a can of worms because I know there are many who are passionate about all animals, 4 legged or 2 legged and I hope we can agree that we may have differing opinions but share one common element of wanting the best for them and recognizing each one for their very special qualities. I would hope that our passions are funneled into continuing doing for our animals rather than arguing with each other. Sometimes it's better to agree to disagree on smaller points and get back to our own business.

CF - I owe you a personal apology. But I stand by my original statement many pages ago. Your Faverolles have been and still are my favorites but it's because you have spent such a huge effort and countless generations working with them and all that work has paid off in producing a beautiful quality bird, certainly deserving of merit on it's own.

Now I'll go back to my own business of thinking before I type haphazardly.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Yeah I'm definitely jumping on the Fav bandwagon as soon as I can! I need a broody before anything else because I don't want to set up another brooder ever again

 

[Chicken Rustler]

I read the same article and jumped in on the discussion too. I am a sucker for any kind of chicken. The article talked about the Favaucanas and they sounded really nice. But it made me read more about the Favorolles and they might just be my next breed. More coops, need more coops.

Carol
Quote: While I do have B Am's and B Fav I will not be crossing them. However If you or others are interested in either breed I would consider trying to help ya out more towards spring.

 

[PNWGirl]

Yeah, well, I just got ticked off on the Serama thread. I finally reached my "bully" limit and had to say something- I can't stand a bully. I have, most assuredly, stirred up a hornet's nest but so be it.

That being said, I am hardly in a position to judge others

Sheila

 

[PNWGirl]

I think most of us have spouses and friends that are worried about some sort of mid life crisis or just plain craziness for that matter!

Welcome to the club!

I've been told, by other 'Crazy-Chicken-People' that there is a 12-Step progam for this but- strangely- no one seems to want to participate in one. (?) Glad to find that there are lot's of "CCP" all over the place!!!

Sheila

 

[catsbully]

I am not in your area but I am new to chicknes this year too! I t has been one of most treasured experiences to theach my grandkids (especially my grand daughter!) how to collect the eggs! She seems to have no fear of them and if they should peck at her she has learned to put her hand on their head while scooping out the egg with her other hand! What agreat feeling seeing her learn so much from the chickens!

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

Harsh words? Moi? Methinks some folks might have slightly thin skin around here compared to what I am used to on Internet fora. From now on I will keep that in mind. I think calling other people's chickens "mutts" is pretty harsh, actually, (unless that's how they refer to their own chickens), and that was what I was responding to. I think I was actually rather polite about it. And for the record, I have been reading this thread for a couple of months, just haven't participated much until now.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Harsh words? Moi? Methinks some folks might have slightly thin skin around here compared to what I am used to on Internet fora. From now on I will keep that in mind. I think calling other people's chickens "mutts" is pretty harsh, actually, (unless that's how they refer to their own chickens), and that was what I was responding to. I think I was actually rather polite about it. And for the record, I have been reading this thread for a couple of months, just haven't participated much until now.

OK this is where you should proudly congratulate your self. See you will now have the honor of being only the second one that I will be USING THE BLOCK MEMBER button for.

Good bye!